Severing ties with family to marry the young marshal, his whole family chases me to the crematorium.

Back at the young marshal's mansion, Shen Qingyao didn't even eat anything and went straight to her room to catch up on sleep.

Seeing Shen Qingyao looking exhausted, Meng Shuqin felt extremely sorry for her and immediately ordered the servants to make her a nourishing soup.

"Mom, I stayed up all night too."

Si Jingnian rubbed his temples. He hadn't rested all night and had experienced a bizarre and terrifying night. He looked extremely tired.

"What's the big deal about a grown man staying up all night? A-Yao hasn't even said anything yet, why are you being so dramatic?"

Meng Shuqin rolled her eyes at Si Jingnian, then turned around and took her maid to pick out some tonics for Shen Qingyao.

Si Jingnian had only casually replied with a sentence, but he never expected that instead of making his mother feel sorry for him, it would only earn him her disdain.

Si Jingnian suddenly felt like Shen Qingyao had taken away his mother, but he didn't resent it. Instead, he was very pleased that their relationship was so good.

As the afternoon drew to a close, Shen Qingyao finally caught up on her sleep and got up feeling refreshed.

"Young Marshal's wife, this is a ginseng chicken soup that you specially ordered the kitchen to make for you."

As soon as Shen Qingyao woke up, Zou Daya brought in a bowl of chicken soup with a kind smile on her face.

However, Shen Qingyao found the chicken soup, which looked incredibly appetizing, extremely unpalatable.

Lately, my mother-in-law seems to be obsessed, making nourishing soups for me every day, as if she hasn't recovered from the last injury.

"Young Marshal's wife, your mother is so good to you. Even your own mother wouldn't treat you this well. You are so lucky."

Zou Daya looked on with envy, her tone devoid of any malice, and Shen Qingyao paused slightly in her soup-drinking.

Is she lucky?

If she was truly lucky, she was switched at birth and abandoned in the wilderness, nearly dying.

After returning to the Shen family, she was abandoned by everyone like a weed, and even in the face of life and death, they would rather choose the daughter of their enemy.

Whether in the previous life or this life, the Shen family wants to marry their adopted daughter into the young marshal's mansion to bring good luck.

But to say that she was unfortunate doesn't seem to be entirely true.

Although I was switched at birth and abandoned, I was taken in and raised by a master who also taught me the skills of fortune telling and divination.

Although she was tragically killed in her previous life, Heaven gave her a chance to start over.

She married into the young marshal's mansion to bring him good fortune, and Si Jingnian also survived. To some extent, she avoided the stigma of being a widow.

Moreover, both Si Jingnian and her mother-in-law Meng Shuqin treated her very well.

She felt the kinship and warmth that she hadn't experienced in the Shen family, but she did in the Marshal's Mansion.

Thinking about it carefully, my life is a mix of good and bad.

As her thoughts returned, Shen Qingyao smiled faintly at Zou Daya.

"maybe."

Zou Daya could tell that Shen Qingyao didn't want to say more, so she wisely stopped talking about it.

Shen Qingyao glanced at Zou Daya with a cool, unseen look, her doubts deepening.

That day, she clearly saw the black aura emanating from Zou Daya. She was exceptionally sensitive to such things and could not possibly have misperceived it.

However, in the past two days, she has not noticed any black aura on Zou Daya's body, and there is nothing unusual about her at all.

"Da Ya, where are you from?"

Shen Qingyao put down her bowl, her expression gentle. Seeing this, Zou Daya's honest and simple smile reappeared on her face.

"Replying to the young marshal's wife, my hometown is Hui County. My family was poor, and my parents wanted to find a wife for my brother to carry on the family line, so they had no choice but to sell me."

“I had heard people say that noble people do not treat their servants as human beings and beat or scold them. I was terrified. When you bought me, Madam, it was like waiting to enter a dragon's den or a tiger's lair.”

"I never expected the young marshal's mansion to be so nice. Not only is the madam kind and gentle, but even you, Madam, are not like those noble people in the rumors who beat and scold me."

Shen Qingyao could tell that Zou Daya was genuinely happy, and it didn't sound like she was lying at all.

After hearing Zou Daya's words, Shen Qingyao was slightly moved and also felt angry for Zou Daya.

Her family sold their daughter not to survive, but to find a wife for their son.

They weren't much different from the Shen family; they were all selling their daughters.

"Young Marshal's wife, are you pitying me?"

Before Shen Qingyao could speak, Zou Daya's voice came again. Shen Qingyao didn't expect that she could guess her thoughts.

"Actually, you don't need to pity me so much, Young Marshal's wife. It's already very good that I can work at the Young Marshal's mansion."

“I can eat my fill and stay warm every day, and I even have my own room. You are beautiful and kind-hearted, and you never criticize me. Although I am selling myself, it is much better than my previous life.”

Zou Daya smiled sheepishly, her expression showing both relief and contentment.

Shen Qingyao, who had been feeling slightly down, couldn't help but laugh too, infected by Zou Daya's bright smile.

"That's good! If you need anything, just tell me or your wife, okay?"

"Okay! Thank you, Mrs. Marshal."

Shen Qingyao had to admit that Zou Daya was actually a very nice person. She could feel her content and cheerful heart, as well as her sunny and positive personality.

Shen Qingyao wouldn't mind showing more kindness to someone like that.

However, she still couldn't figure out what the black aura that had appeared on Zou Daya's body was.

Upon learning that Shen Qingyao had woken up, Si Jingnian hurriedly put down what he was doing and rushed over.

"Ah Yao, you're finally awake. Are you hungry? What would you like to eat? I'll have the kitchen staff make it."

Si Jingnian looked at her with concern, but Shen Qingyao still felt a little uneasy thinking about what had happened before, so she didn't dare to look up at him.

"No need, Mom made me chicken soup and some rice and dishes."

Si Jingnian nodded, noticing Shen Qingyao's unusual behavior and recalling what had happened before; pink once again crept up his ears.

"Ah Yao, I just wanted to ask, is there anything else that needs to be done in the military camp?"

Thinking of the military camp, Si Jingnian suppressed the unsettling feeling in his heart and his expression became serious.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingyao also became serious, ignoring her previous unease, her eyes filled with earnestness.

"First, you change all the buildings in the military camp according to my instructions, and then I will rearrange the layout and change the feng shui."

"it is good!"

After the business was finished, an awkward silence fell between the two of them once again, and neither of them spoke for a moment.

After a while, Shen Qingyao remembered something and spoke up to break the awkward atmosphere.

"Could you help me find out the address and information of the woman who's always with Shen Wenzhong?"

Shen Qingyao had a gut feeling that the woman's identity was definitely not simple, perhaps not just a concubine that Shen Wenzhong kept outside.

"I've already sent someone to check. Here's her information, and we've found her address. Do you want to go take a look now?"

As they spoke, Si Jingnian took out a document from his pocket and handed it to Shen Qingyao, quietly waiting for her response.